Sadiq Khan cancels Met police Palantir contract, with pressure to end all links to US AI irm

Sadiq Khan cancels Met police Palantir contract, with pressure to end all links to US AI irm Submitted by Oscar Rickett on Fri, 05/22/2026 - 11:47 London mayor blocked £50m Palantir deal with the Met on Thursday, but police force already has a contract with tech giant linked to Israeli atrocities UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer (C), flanked by Mayor of London Sadiq Khan (R) and Police Commander Clair Hayne in London, on 15 May (AFP/Peter Nicholls) Off Palestine solidarity campaigners and the Green Party have welcomed London mayor Sadiq Khan’s decision to block a £50m ($67m) Metropolitan Police deal with Palantir, while warning that “smaller contracts are still in play”. Khan blocked what would have been the US tech company’s biggest contract with UK police on Thursday, citing a “clear and serious breach” of procurement rules. The Met had been in talks to use Palantir’s AI technology to automate intelligence analysis in criminal investigations, the Guardian reported .